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Podcast: Decera Clinical Education Infectious Disease Podcast
Episode: PrEP Initiation: Answering the Questions
Description: In this episode, Linda-Gail Bekker, MBChB, DTM&H, DCH, FCP(SA), PhD, and Meredith Clement, MD, discuss PrEP initiation, including:The importance of taking a sexual history and getting to know your patientRecommendations for who should be considered for PrEPPracticalities of PrEP initiation including laboratory assessments, interview and physical exam, evaluating concomitant medications, counseling, and prescribingSummary of PrEP eligibility by regimenReview of the clinical trial and real-world data for each PrEP modalityThe likelihood of cross-resistance between PrEP options and ART options if someone were to become infected with HIV while receiving PrEPTime to effective concentrations of PrEP after...